Trains At Cholsey

Hello there guys and welcome to another video and today we are at Cholsey situated on the GWML between Reading and Didcot.

This is also the home of the Cholsey and Wallingford railway, unfortunately we did not see any of there services as there were no events happening on the day of recording.

The Station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway which opened on the 1st June 1840, The Original station, opened the line and known as Wallingford Road, was several hundred yards further up the mainline towards Goring & Streatley, just east of the point where the A329 road crosses the line. some of the original station buildings can still be seen today.
On 2nd of July 1866 Wallingford road was renamed Moulsford and the branch to Wallingford was opened five days later. whilst the junction for this was at Moulsford station, the branch line track ran parallel to the main line for nearly 1 mile before curving away.

In 1892 during quadrupling of the main line, the junction for Wallingford was resited closer to the point of divergence and a new station was built there.

On 29 February 1892 the new station opened and Moulsford station closed.

The Wallingford branch closed to passenger trains 1959 and to freight trains in 1981. Part of it is now Preserved as the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway.

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My next video will be at Didcot Parkway on the GWML so please stay tuned for that.

Until then I will see you all at Didcot Parkway